In the end, the confusion in Babel will be reversed in heaven. The new heaven and new earth will not be built by human hands with the aid of human technology. It will be a city “whose designer and builder is God.” It will not be built from the earth trying to reach up to heaven. Rather, it is a city “coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God.”
Read MoreLeviticus 23:15-22; Joel 2:28-32 (text); Acts 2:1-24, 36-41 © May 20, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF)Beloved congregation of Christ: Here are some quotes about the Holy Spirit from a church not far from us: [1] Since early in 1998, we have had feathers fall in our meetings. At first I thought birds were getting into our air conditioning ducts, but then they started falling in other rooms of the church not connected with the same ductwork. They now fall most anywhere we go – airports, homes, restaurants, offices…
Read MoreOn April 23, 2017, Rev. Kevin Efflandt, Pastor of Zion United Reformed Church in Ripon, California, preached and led our worship services. The videos below are from Zion URC’s Youtube channel, and show the whole services. Pastor Kevin preached the same sermons in our church. Morning Service: “David and Goliath” based on 1 Samuel 17 (The sermon is at the 26:15 mark.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6jLyl8gmU Afternoon Service: “A Model Church” based on Acts 2:42-47 (The sermon is at the 32:35 mark.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9aKptiYaXU
Read MoreScripture Readings: Judges 14:1-20; Acts 2:22-24; 3:17-21 October 2, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: In our last study in Judges Chapter 13, the writer introduces Samson, his father Manoah and his mother, and the announcement of his birth by the Angel of the Lord. The Messenger revealed to his parents that they will have a son, but God has ordained him to be a Nazirite from conception. A Nazirite has three vows: to abstain from wine or any produce from the vine; stay away from dead…
Read MoreReadings: Psalm 16 (text); Acts 2:25-28; 13:34-37 September 13, 2015 * Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: The world seems to be in a downward spiral of violence and oppression against Christians. Homosexual marriage and abortion are legal in America and many other nations. Violence against Christians, resulting in death and destruction of tens of thousands, is almost universal in Muslim-dominated countries in the Middle East and North Africa. We agonize and despair when we see pictures of our brothers and sisters suffering and being killed, not knowing…
Read MoreGenesis 11:1-9 (text); Luke 2:8-14; Acts 2:1-11; Revelation 7:9-12 December 14, 2014 (KSYC) • Download this article In 1889, the race to build the tallest building in the modern world began when the 896-foot tall Eiffel Tower in Paris was built. In 1931, Empire State Building in New York became the tallest building in the world at 1,250 feet. But in 1967, the Ostankino Tower in Moscow towered over it at 1,762 feet. In 2007, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, literally went over the top at…
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